Slide of the Week

Doug Dean, III, PhD – Slide of the Week
Title: Mapping white matter microstructure in the one month human brain Legend: Infants underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at 1-month of age and measures of white matter microstructure were calculated using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and …
December 6, 2019
Karla Ausderau, PhD – Slide of the Week
Mealtime is an important family routine commonly affected for families with children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Limited research is available regarding strategies families incorporate to support mealtime engagement. The purpose of this study was to explore the frequency and characterize the purpose of Props used during mealtimes with children with ASD.
November 29, 2019
Richard J Davidson, PhD – Slide of the Week
Reduced hippocampal volume is frequently observed in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but the psychological processes associated with these alterations remain unclear. Given hippocampal involvement in memory and contextual representations of threat, we investigated relationships between retrospectively reported combat exposure, perceived threat, and hippocampal volume in trauma-exposed veterans.
November 15, 2019
Christopher L. Coe, PhD – Slide of the Week
Title: Maternal perceived stress during pregnancy increases risk for low neonatal iron at delivery and depletion of storage iron at one year of age. Citation: Rendina D, Blohowiak S, Coe C, Kling P. Maternal perceived …
November 8, 2019
Lauren Bishop, PhD – Slide of the Week
We have seen a profound increase in lifespan for individuals with Down syndrome (DS) in the past few decades leading to a large and somewhat understudied population of middle- and older aged adults with DS. One health condition consistently seen in clinic-based DS samples is dementia (including Alzheimer’s disease).
November 1, 2019
Bradley T Christian, PhD – Slide of the Week
Title: Amyloid load in the Down syndrome population measured with [11C]PiB PET Legend: Down syndrome-specific [11C]PiB PET template images of Aβ carrying capacity and radiotracer nonspecific binding derived from PET images of 169 individuals. Tissue maps …
October 25, 2019
Sriram Boothalingam, PhD – Slide of the Week
The auditory brainstem reflex tag-team: panel A is a schematic of the neural connections between two brainstem auditory reflexes, the medial olivocochlear (MOCR) and the middle ear muscle (MEMR) reflex. While we know that the two reflexes work in tandem and at slightly different frequencies and input sound levels, how the activity of one reflex influences the other is poorly understood.
October 18, 2019
Anita Bhattacharyya, PhD – Slide of the Week
To identify mechanisms that lead to neurodevelopmental differences in Down syndrome, we used induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) generated from individuals with Down syndrome and differentiated them into progenitors of the cerebral cortex. The progenitors were analyzed by RNA Seq at Day 17 in culture when cells have acquired their positional phenotype.
October 11, 2019
Barbara B. Bendlin, PhD – Slide of the Week
Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), a small molecule produced by the metaorganismal metabolism of dietary choline, has been implicated in human disease pathogenesis, including known risk factors for Alzheimer's disease (AD), such as metabolic, cardiovascular, and cerebrovascular disease.
October 4, 2019
Randolph Ashton, PhD – Slide of the Week
Title: Engineering 3-D Neural Organoid Morphology Legend: (A) Schematic of micro-injection molding process to create poly(vinyl alcohol)-calcium (PVOH-Ca) composites that can sever as a water-soluble, sacrificial template to mold morphologically complex, microscale cavities within 3-D hydrogels. …
September 27, 2019
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